walked with mom for 55 min on the way home I got an ice cream cone and spent $1.06

Total spent so far this month = $1.06

No other money things today. I finished reading Always Time to Die by Elizabeth Lowell. Romance/Mystery. Very good book she writes really good characters and lots of funny dialog. One of my favorite authors.

Awhile back I recommended Getting A Life by Jacqueline Blix & David Heitmiller. I found this website has some of the book on tape that you can download and listen to on your computer. If anyone's interested here's the site:

http://www.simpleliving.net/simpleradio/program_gal.asp

walked with mom for 45 min

Made up a list of goals for Aug

1. Only spend $400 for groceries, gas, entertainment, clothes, household basics and misc.

2. Walk at least 15 times this month for at least 30 minutes each time.

3. Only go to fast-food restaurants four times and only eat at regular restaurants four times.

4. Save $880 above my 401K contribution

5. Cook meals at least 2 times a week.

I bought some books from buy.com today. Two Trixie Beldon books for my youngest nieces b-day and one finance book for my Dad for xmas (first xmas gift of the year). I got free shipping and spent $25.84. I have a $25 rebate from the Great Fun club that I joined last month so when I get that rebate I will only have spent .84 cents.

This money isn't tracked in the $400 for the month. I have a gift fund and a xmas fund that I fund each month. The gift fund gets $40 and the xmas fund gets $50 each month. I'll take the money out of these funds and when I get the rebate it will go in my Extra Fund. I added $48.90 to this fund last month.

I have several gift events in Sept. They always seem to come in batches. I'll go a couple of months with nothing, then three in one month, which is why I have the fund set up so the money will be there when I need it.